The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.
When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?
Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.
Fitzgerald could sense that America was poised on the edge of a vast transformation, and wrote a novel bridging his moment and ours. The Great Gatsby made manifest precisely what Fitzgerald’s contemporaries couldn’t bear to see, and thus it is not only the Jazz Age novel par excellence, but also the harbinger of its decline and fall.
The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.
Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution.
If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which is another matter altogether.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Doing common things uncommonly well.
The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.
I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves. " Another "I was raised to believe that excellence is the deterrent to racism and sexism. And that's how I operate my life. " And another "It does not matter who you are or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. No one knows what he can do till he tries.
Happiness is the possession of the excellence proper to us, and of the power subservient to it.
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude
If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.
The media and their journalists are merely megaphones for stupidity, the verb par excellence.
Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise; it may exist without the breath of a word: it is a recognition of excellence which must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even the envious must feel it,--feel it, and hate in silence.
One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once, life would collapse. There are simply no definitive answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.